
JMU biology professor joins search for COVID-19 cure
A James Madison University biology professor is doing his part to find a cure for the COVID-19 virus.

A James Madison University biology professor is doing his part to find a cure for the COVID-19 virus.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is launching a new online exhibition, “Burma’s Path to Genocide.”

The Commonwealth of Virginia has come through for the waterbird colony that previously nested on the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel’s South Island, a habitat impacted by ongoing construction.

While there have been a couple of sightings of Vespa mandarinia — commonly called the Asian giant hornet — in North America, there have not been any sightings in Virginia or on the East Coast.

The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors Executive Committee recently approved a resolution to establish a new School of Communication and Digital Media.

For many parents, the past two months have been a balancing act of both tasks and emotions.

No matter how you slice it, farming is big business in Virginia and urban agriculture is now a bigger piece of the pie.

UVA researchers hope a new approach could revolutionize treatment for conditions from Alzheimer’s to epilepsy to brain tumors.

The vast majority of goods we use and enjoy have spent at least some time traveling on cargo ships.

Businesses are being forced to rethink how they connect with customers. Increasingly, that means going digital – even for those businesses who haven’t consistently prioritized their web or social media efforts in the past.
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